Government response Not tracked (historical inquiry)
Delivery No statement from the addressee found

Recommendation 9: Guidelines on allocating shared cells

From Report of the Zahid Mubarek inquiry (Volumes I and II), published 29 June 2006.

Recommendation

The Prison Service should publish guidelines to assist officers in allocating cells to those prisoners who have to share a cell.

Jurisdiction: UK-wide
Page: 455
Reference: Part 5, Chapter 55: Cell-sharing; recommendation follows paragraph 55.27

Government response

No government response to this recommendation is on the record yet.

Delivery

No statement on delivery from the addressee has been found in the sources searched (last checked 7 March 2026). This is separate from the response above.

Source

Report Report of the Zahid Mubarek inquiry (Volumes I and II) 29 Jun 2006
Recommendation made 20.3 years ago